Chase Teichmann was hired as the inaugural Georgia Gwinnett College men's basketball head coach in July 2024 with the program scheduled to begin NAIA competition in the 2025-26 athletic season.
The Grizzlies are scheduled to play home games in the college's new Convocation Center set to open in the fall 2024.
Teichmann comes to Lawrenceville after four seasons as Head Coach at Florida College. His teams posted a 100-27 overall record, including at least 27 victories in each of the last three seasons. The Falcons earned national rankings, conference championships and participated in the NAIA national tournament under Teichmann’s guidance.
Teichmann officially begins his duties on August 1.
At Florida College, Teichmann also served as Athletic Director. He was an Assistant Coach for three seasons where the school transitioned from the United States Collegiate Athletic Association to the NAIA ranks. Teichmann was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2019-20.
Teichmann’s coaching experience also includes being a graduate assistant at NAIA’s Freed-Hardeman University (Tennessee) for two seasons after being a student assistant coach at NCAA Division I University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013-14.
As a Head Coach, Teichmann led Florida College to two Continental Athletic Conference tournament championships and three of his teams advanced to the second round of the NAIA national tournament. His 2020-21 team had the program’s first winning season at the NAIA level, and in 2022-23 the Falcons were a No. 2 national tournament seed and finished with a 27-6 record. This past winter, Teichmann’s team had a 28-5 record and was a No. 7 seed in the national tournament.
Florida College has ranked among the most offensively productive teams within the NAIA during the past four seasons. In 2021-22, the Falcons teams led all NAIA teams by making 375 3-point field goals, ranked second in 3-pointers made per game, and had the third highest scoring average by averaging 88.4 points per game. His teams have posted a 39-2 home record during the past three seasons.
He received a bachelor of science degree in business management from UT-Chattanooga in 2015 before earning a master's degree in business administration at Freed-Hardeman in 2017.
Teichmann and his wife Maggie have two daughters.
